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Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:36:43 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=431Defund Planned Parenthoodhttp://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/defund-planned-parenthood/
http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/defund-planned-parenthood/#respondFri, 31 Jul 2015 14:21:05 +0000http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/?p=1253You’ve seen the videos – Planned Parenthood caught selling the tissue of unborn babies for profit. It’s time to take action. Mick is leading the effort in Congress to defund Planned Parenthood. He has made his intentions known to House leadership that he will not support any funding bill that includes funding for Planned Parenthood,Read More

You’ve seen the videos – Planned Parenthood caught selling the tissue of unborn babies for profit. It’s time to take action.

Mick is leading the effort in Congress to defund Planned Parenthood. He has made his intentions known to House leadership that he will not support any funding bill that includes funding for Planned Parenthood, and he needs your help.

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]]>http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/mick-on-planned-parenthood/feed/0End Sanctuary Citieshttp://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/end-sanctuary-cities/
http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/end-sanctuary-cities/#respondThu, 09 Jul 2015 17:43:13 +0000http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/?p=1236Mick believes it’s time for President Obama and this administration to stop putting politics before the law. With your help, Mick will fight to end sanctuary cities and to make the Left respect the rule of law. Please sign our petition – and join the fight against sanctuary cities.

Mick believes it’s time for President Obama and this administration to stop putting politics before the law. With your help, Mick will fight to end sanctuary cities and to make the Left respect the rule of law. Please sign our petition – and join the fight against sanctuary cities.

]]>I joined José Díaz-Balart on MSNBC to discuss the stakes in 2016, as well as where candidates stand in South Carolina. We also discussed Tuesday’s deposition of Sidney Blumenthal, Benghazi, and immigration reform.

]]>http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/mick-on-msnbc-2016-benghazi-and-trade/feed/0Enough With The Excessive Spending!http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/enough-with-the-excessive-spending/
http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/enough-with-the-excessive-spending/#respondTue, 19 May 2015 21:31:12 +0000http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/?p=1219Government regulations totaled $1.88 Trillion in 2014. This is excessive spending at its worst. It's time to get rid of the waste!

It's time to rein in spending and grow our economy!

]]>http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/enough-with-the-excessive-spending/feed/0Spending cap battle takes off in the Househttp://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/spending-cap-battle-takes-off-in-the-house/
http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/spending-cap-battle-takes-off-in-the-house/#respondTue, 05 May 2015 20:49:08 +0000http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/?p=1215I cannot support the House passed budget. The OCO is wrong and it's abusive to taxpayers.

]]>The opening shots in the battle to lift spending caps in Congress were fired on Thursday when Republican budget hawks teamed up with Democrats in the House to try to take down part of a funding bill for veterans.

A band of Republicans, led by Rep. Mick Mulvaney, (R-S.C.), joined Democrats, led by Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), in an attempt to prevent Republicans from funneling $532 billion from an off-the-books defense fund, known as the Overseas Contingency Operations funds or OCO, to bolster the budget for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs.

It wasn’t the kind of bipartisanship leaders usually celebrate but it is the start of what could be a difficult series of negotiations over how to avoid tight spending caps, known as the sequester, that Congress approved nearly four years ago. Mulvaney said using budget gimmicks, like OCO, is just a way of avoiding the inevitable fight.

“We could start that debate today but we’re not,” Mulvaney said. “We still see members of my own party clinging to the naïve concept that we can use the OCO budget and no one will notice. Not going to happen.”

Legislation to approve funding for military construction and veterans affairs is usually an easy bipartisan sell in the House. It is tough for any member to turn down a bill that funds health care for veterans but the unrest over OCO is part of a bigger fight.

Many Republicans want to return to principles laid out by former Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), last year. The so-called Ryan budget vowed to ensure the special defense funds were “not abused as a means of evading the statutory caps on discretionary spending.”

But Ryan wrote his budget under the umbrella of a deal he brokered with Sen. Patty Murray, (D-Wash.) that temporarily lifted the same spending caps plaguing budget writers today. That deal expires this year and the spending caps can’t be avoided without a deal to find savings elsewhere in the budget.

A large group of lawmakers in both parties, including House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-Ga.), agree they want to lift the widely hated spending caps but actually reaching a deal won’t be easy.

“Let’s get together and solve the challenge of sequester in a responsible way by decreasing spending on the mandatory side so we can find the resources that are so vitally necessary on the discretionary side,” Price said on the House floor Thursday.

That’s where the agreement typically ends. Democrats want equal increases for domestic and military spending. Republicans want more military spending but want to make big cuts to programs like Medicaid, low-income housing support, Pell grants for low-income students and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps.

For now, Republicans are turning to OCO to get the ball rolling. But Democrats have one big pocket ace — President Obama has said he will veto any one-off funding bills or any legislation that fails to match domestic and military spending.

“What Republicans have done is use this OCO account as a slush fund to avoid the tough questions,” Van Hollen said. “This is the first skirmish in that battle.”

]]>http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/spending-cap-battle-takes-off-in-the-house/feed/0Mulvaney Amendment Puts Sunset on Cyberthreat Billhttp://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/mulvaney-amendment-puts-sunset-on-cyberthreat-bill/
http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/mulvaney-amendment-puts-sunset-on-cyberthreat-bill/#respondMon, 27 Apr 2015 19:01:07 +0000http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/?p=1211When you're dealing with important issues like cyberthreats and liberty, it's important to get the balance right and that's what the sunset amendment will do.

Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R., S.C.) pulled off a rare feat Wednesday, winning broad support to “sunset” a cybersecurity bill after seven years despite opposition from the powerful chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Mr. Mulvaney easily attached an amendment to the widely supported bill that essentially requires the bill to expire in seven years.

So how can an overwhelming number of lawmakers support the bill but an equally overwhelming number of lawmakers want it to go away in seven years’ time?

“Any time you are balancing two very important interests – security and liberty – it’s a possibility that you don’t get the balance just right,” he said. “What my amendment did was force us to keep an eye on this legislation and force us to continue to justify its existence seven years on.”

He said that “hardwired expiration dates in legislation are good things. They force us to be more critical and more discerning in what we pass, and ultimately I think you get better government.”

Rep. Devin Nunes (R., Calif.), the committee chairman and lead author of the cybersecurity bill, called for other lawmakers to oppose the amendment, but his effort was in vain. It received more than 300 votes.

]]>http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/mulvaney-amendment-puts-sunset-on-cyberthreat-bill/feed/0Tax Dayhttp://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/tax-day/
http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/tax-day/#respondWed, 15 Apr 2015 14:12:18 +0000http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/?p=1197Today we’re reminded of the problems and abuses of our tax system. Tax revenue collected by the federal government is up, yet wages aren’t and we still haven’t dealt with the deficit. I’ll continue to stand up and fight to cut taxes for Americans!

Pay too much in taxes?

]]>http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/tax-day/feed/0Let’s promote job creation and innovation!http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/removebarriers/
http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/removebarriers/#respondTue, 07 Apr 2015 19:00:51 +0000http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/?p=1188I'll always fight to reduce the size of government so we can remove the barriers that impede growth and job creation. Click here to join me.

Let's remove the barriers and grow our economy!

]]>http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/removebarriers/feed/0Defending the nation is absolutely criticalhttp://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/we-cant-spend-now-and-pay-later/
http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/we-cant-spend-now-and-pay-later/#respondMon, 30 Mar 2015 16:19:26 +0000http://www.mulvaneyforcongress.com/?p=1176Defending our nation is so critical that we need to pay for defense spending increases now, not later. Sign here if you agree!